Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon

GILBERT IGNATIUS SHELDON

Born: September 20, 192
Deceased:

Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, 1976-1992
Bishop of Steubenville, 1992-2002

Arms (crest) of Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon

Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland

Bishop of Steubenville

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Origin/meaning

As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop.

The personal Arms of Bishop Sheldon consist of a shield of red and white colors commemorating the Polish origins of his family. The division of the shield per chevron with the lower portion in red charged with a gold (yellow) cross of Lorraine, commemorates Bishop Sheldon being the first Episcopal Vicar of Lorain County in the Diocese of Cleveland.

In the chief is placed a blue roundel charged with a gold terrestrial globe between two black ermine-spots. The globe symbolizes the Bishop's labors as Cleveland Diocesan Director and National Board member of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Church's world-wide missionary program. The ermine spots are to be found on the arms of the Diocese of Cleveland and recall the Bishop's priestly labors in that diocese.

The motto, "Fortes in Fide" (Strong in Faith) from the first Epistle of St. Peter, expresses a recurring theme in Apostolic teaching.

The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop by instruction of the Holy See, of March 1969, confirmed in March 2001.

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